thanks a million amy and tom. im a little bit worried about how GD co-opted everything is getting. i always thought that its wildly obvious that there are strings attached to nea grants compromising the work process and should therefore be avoided. in the 60's earth works implied an out side the system alternative but those folks (smithson, heizer, etc.) had mostly been historically validated in advance of their departure from the studio. amy and i were talking about how much debt the later generations of art school grads have entering the commercial fine art system. that cant be good for autonomy of thought and action following toms "not rocking the boat" line of thinking. im afraid these institutions are driven by fear of scandal which leaves them (and us if we throw in with their lot) in an incredibly vulnerable place.
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- bill 8-21-2005 7:58 pm